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(No Model.) E. LARSON.

WINDOW SCREEN.

No. 578,571. Patented Mar. 9, 1891.

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EMANUEL LARSON, OF TRAVER, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, OF TWO-THIRDS TO ALEXANDER HILLSTROM, OF TULARE COUNTY, ANDGEORGE X. WENDLING, OF HANFORD, GALI- FORNIA.

WINDOW-SCREEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,571, dated March 9,1897.

Application filed June 13, 1896. Serial No. 595,426. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.- and the cover-plate is fastened to thesill e by .Beitknown that I,EMANUELLARSON,aCitiscrews Z, the arrangementbeing such that zen of the United States, and a resident of with theroller and its case being made of Traver, in the county of Tulare andState of proper length they can be readily applied to California, haveinvented certain new and and removed from any window.

useful Improvements in VVindow-Screens, .of The roller carriesascreenmof cloth or netwhich the following is a specification. ting of anyapproved material and prepared My invention relates to window-screensfor in any approved way, the free end of which taking the place of thesash when raised and is attached to a bar 12, which is secured to the 10being displaced therefrom when the sash is lower sash-bar bythumb-screws 0 or other closed; and it consists of the improved screenapproved means whereby it may be readily apparatus for detachableapplication to the applied and removed, said screen being a Window, ashereinafter described, reference little wider than the space between theupbeing made to the accompanying drawings, right bars g,and said barsbeing grooved in the I 5 in whichfaces fronting each other, as at p, forguide- Figure 1 is an inside elevation of part of a ways for the edgesof the screen, wherein said window with my improved screen attachmentedges will be confined to prevent ingress of inapplied and with thescreen adjusted for use, sects, and spring-wire clamps u are provided apart of the roller-case and oneof the guides to clamp the edges of thescreen and prevent 20 for the edges of the screen being sectioned. themfrom being forced out of the grooves Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation online 2 2, Fig. when the wind blows, said clamps consisting 1. Fig. 3 isadetail in sectional elevation on of suitably-bent spring-wires pivotedat s on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view the upright barsatthe upper ends of the slots of part of the roller-case. 25, throughwhich the clamping parts u extend 2 5 I provide a spring-roller caseconsisting of inward suitably to press the screen against atransversely-curved cover-plate CL and end the back walls of the groovesand bind it plates 1), and fit within said case a springthereto to holdit against the effect of the roller 0 of the common form used forcurtains, wind, the lower arms of the clamp being said roller beingpivoted in the end plates b, pressed under and secured by hook-studs o.0 and said case being adapted to be placed on The screen may be ofcloth, netting, or a the window-sill E between the jamb-linings fabricmade out of silk, ramie, woven glass, h, with the top and back edge f ofthe cover fine wire, or any approved material. If made not quitereaching to the sash-frame to leave of cloth, it should be oiled orvarnished. free space for the screen and with the end In case the sashdoes notbalance and there 5 plates 1) bearing against the jamb-liningsis need of any means of securing it in posiwhen not obstructed bysash-stops. In case tion when raised the bar n may be provided there aresash-stops to interfere the end plates with one or more latch-bolts, asw, and the may set back in the cover-plate, as b, Fig. 4, bars 9 mayhave holes m along them for the and have the inward extension 11 to lapon latch-bolts to engage in. The screen may 0 the sides of the stops andbe fastened thereto be employed with good results without the by screws,as indicated at 11 guide-bars for the edges, and I will so arrange Toeach end of the cover is attached an upit when desired. right bar g,suitable to stand in the angles The bar at is preferably made with studsy, between the jamb -linings h and the lower projecting into the grooves112, for supporting 5 sash i and extending upward a suitable distheedges of the screen.

tance above the top of the lower sash when The holes a: may be in thebottom of the down in its normal position. These bars g groove, ifpreferred. are firmly attached to the cover-plate a and I clain1- theend plates b, and are secured at the up- The improved screen attachmentfor win- 50 per ends to the jamb-linings h by screws k, dows consistingof the roller-case adapted for I00 1 7 gles between the sash and thejamb-linings and being grooved for the edges of the screen,

and slotted for the clamps, and the clamps in the said slots of the barsand adapted for gripping the screen against the groove-walls, saidscreen having its edges extended into the grooves substantially asdescribed.

Signed at Traver, in the county of Tulare and State of California, this13th day of April,

EMANUEL LARSON.

Witnesses:

ALEX. HILLsTROM, J. D. PILLsBURY.

